Once, you were an obedient member of a religious cult. You may have been a follower of a dark god, demon prince, twisted fey, or just power-hungry religious fanatic - that is of little importance now. What matters now is that, somehow, you found it in you to free yourself from the blind servitude and saw the error of your ways. Many innocents died by your hand - sacrificed on an altar or slain in raids. Brainwashed, drugged, or simply confused and misled you have committed crimes so heinous you could hardly ever ask for forgiveness. Nevertheless, you have left the cult determined to seek a new life. Will it be a life of virtue in a pursuit of redemption or a lonesome journey of an embittered and broken individual trying to run away from their past? Why did you join the cult in the first place? What made you see through the veil of the cult indoctrination? How have you managed to escape?
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception and Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit or Herbalism kit or Poisoner’s Kit
- Languages: any three occult or extra-planar language of your choice
- Equipment: a set of traveler's clothes, your cult’s identification mark (of your choice), a dagger, a magic scroll describing a minor incantation or ritual (level 1 warlock spell of your choice, one use), a pack of candles, and a pouch containing 5gp
Thanks to your long affiliation with a cult community, you can very easily identify anyone who is a member of a commune similar to your own. All cults are essentially the same and their members exhibit the same behavioral patterns. By extension, you can also easily recognize any drug addicts, compulsive liars and people with various behavioral disorders.
Additionally, some of your former brothers and sisters in faith might not know you have defected and would be willing to provide you (and only you) with shelter and supplies. However, some may recognize you as a defector and attack you on sight.
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